Hello! I would like to make an event handler in a VB.NET 2005 project to check if the battery state changes on my Windows Mobile 5 device. But I don't manage to make this work, does anyone have an example for me? Her is a cut from my code: Public Shadows Event Changed As ChangeEven...more >>

I'm having trouble assigning the reportsource value at run time. I'm running a test setup, one form with only a Crystal Viewer, called cvwMail. My report is called CustomersBasic.rpt and it draws directly from the TradeWinds.MDB test database. If I use Me.cvwMain.ReportSource = "J:\Learni...more >>

I am sure that I should be able to send a javascript value (client side) to a asp.net form via a hidden field. I have seen post where people say it can be donw but they never post there code. Please post a complete example (or a link to an example) on how to do this. I appreciate your help!...more >>

Hi, As a learning exercise I have created a simple form which contains a DataGridView, a Textbox and a Command Button. The DGW is populated from a stored procedure which optionally takes a parameter to filter the data retrieved. When the form is first loaded, the DGV is populated from th...more >>

Hello, I'm using ADO to read an excelfile in a datagrid as follows: Dim cnn As NewOleDb.OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" & filename & ";Extended Properties=""Excel 8.0;HDR=YES;""") Dim da As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("Select * from [Sheet1$]", cnn) Dim dt...more >>

If I use the following code: Private Sub Form1_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, _ ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) _ Handles MyBase.KeyDown Dim myKey As Integer myKey =3D e.KeyValue MsgBox(myKey.ToString) End Sub all of my keyboard input ...more >>

Hi there, How can I create synchronized method in vb.net like synchronized method in Java? Thanks in advanced Alan ...more >>

I have a small application, which is to always stay on top. Another application, which it is supposed to stay on top of, is QuarkXPress 5. I'm using Me.TopMost = True in the Form1_Deactivate event, and it works almost perfectly. It always stays on top, except when I click on one of the tools ...more >>

I've created a program in VB Express 2005 that imports a 150 megs text file into a MySQL database. The problem is when I run the compiled program outside of the VB Express IDE it takes more than 600 MB of RAM. However when I run the program within the VB Express IDE it behaves nicely and uses ...more >>

I am trying to get QFE (Quick Fix Engineering) working with an assembly installed in the GAC. I have two books that claim if two different versions of the assembly are installed in the GAC -AND- they vary only by revision number, then the default policy is to load the higher number version. I...more >>

Hi, I know its fairly easy in .NET to read a text file (fixed or delimited) using a Microsoft Text driver. My question is, is there a similar easy way to read text files if they have different types of rows, like a header, detail & footer. The first character on each line could identify wh...more >>

Hi there, I am having a web application which has OpenOffice running as backend. The whole web application runs great if there is only one request at a time. The web application will mess up if there are more than one requests at same time. My question is what should I do to only allow one pro...more >>

All of a sudden my VB2003 won't let me enter debug mode. When I try to compile in debug mode, I get the following error. Otherwise, the code compiles in Release mode, runs, I can modify it....but I can't debug. The dialog box that comes up says "Error while trying to run project: Unable to ...more >>

Hi, I'm successfully sending email using the following code snip but what I don't understand is the use of "Http://schema" references. What happens to all email programs that use these references if this site were to ever go down? Is there a way to hard code the content behind these address...more >>

Hello, I have a few questions about the My.Settings user configuration. Is it posible to change the filepath of the my.settings userconfig file ? Is it posible to have different files so i can group my setting by type ? In my Application i need to store a lot of different parameters a...more >>

I am storing HTML in an oracle database, this is loaded from a textbox in a webpage, I convert ' to ' ' using the code below: foo.Replace("'", "''").Replace("&", "'||'&'||'") this works just fine, then when I retrieve the text from the database and display it in a webpage, I convert it back ...more >>

Hi everyone! I've made a windows application and, of course, I would like be able to intall it!!! I've tried for many days and I get the same error every day... First I tried with InstallShield 11.5, the program seems to install perfectly but when I tried to launch the program I got this ti...more >>

Hi Can anyone guide me through reading the target from a desktop shortcut? -- Kind regards Peter Larsen System Developer...more >>

hi, Can some one help me out? How to Force file download box when clicking on a link for a .pdf file. Normally it opens the pdf in IE itself, instead it should ask for (open , save and cancel) Similarly , also clarify that, is there any other method other than Response.Redirect(f...more >>

I normally validate the data in a control in that controls validating event. I also normally have a Cancel button on each form which does a RejectChanges to reset any unsaved data on the form. Clearly, if the user puts invalid data into a control and then hits the Cancel button there is no n...more >>

Hi, I have a Windows Forms application which uses multiple child forms (MDI interface). The height of one of the child forms is larger than the height of the MDI client area, so when this form is visible, the vertical scroll bar of the MDI parent appears automatically. What I want to ...more >>

Hi some code im running has the following line on it fairly on in the code objApp = CreateObject("actole.database") now, i want to use New instead but when I try to replace that line with objApp = New actole.database() or or objApp = New actole.database I get the err...more >>

March 24, 2006 Hi all I am new to VB.NET and am using VB.NET 2005. I have an MDI form with a Split Container Control. On demand I am adding and removing User Controls on Panel 2. I am using Show() and Hide(). It works perfectly. The only thing is I would like to remove the User Control ...more >>

I am interested in any controls or techniques that may allow me to make my Winforms (.Net 2.0) more visually appealing. I am especially interested in visual interfaces that look like those of TuneUp Utilities 2006. You can see an example at http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/tuneuputils....more >>

I want to change my radiobutton's name ,id and value properties programmatically. RadioButton1.Attributes.Add("value", "Pele") RadioButton1.Attributes.Add("name", "R1") RadioButton1.Attributes.Add("id", "SAVAS") It returns <span name="R1" id="SAVAS" style="Z-INDEX: 101; LEFT...more >>

I'm writing a screen saver using Visual Studio 2005 (Basic) and I have a Form which contains a PictureBox. I have two events, Click and MouseMove that I'd like to cause the program to end (see below) as one would expect from a screen saver. Well my Click event fires but for some reason my ...more >>

I'm writing a Console Application and I would like to start it only if I pass to it a param: myapp.exe -s --> start myapp.exe --> I write usage reference How can i do this? Any help appreciated. Best regards. -- fabri Sei un italiano medio, di oltre trent'anni se: Sai che il co...more >>

This might be a stupid question - sorry - byt a have a exe (console) that uses a dll (both vb.net 2). Is it possible to "link" these to files together so I only have to distribute a (larger) exe? Thanks ...more >>